Silent Auction Basket Ideas: Creative PC Themed Gift for School Fundraiser

[dianevill]

I need your creativity!!

I am putting together a "basket" of PC items for our school district's upcoming silent auction fundraiser. My daughter's home and school board has asked me to put one together to represent the school. I am such a non-creative person, so I'm looking for suggestions on what to put in and how to make it look awesome. Here are the details:

Value: $75-100
Display: Should represent a theme: season, holiday, vacation, food interest, celebration, etc. Examples they provided are winter fun, taste of Wisconsin, summer vacation, family night, anniversary, romantic evening, dessert time, soup's on, Mardi Gras, birthday bash.
Basket: not really a basket - they would like a "creative container"; examples they gave are an ice chest, cooler, fishing creel, wagon, duffle bag, kiddy pool.

I need to have this by mid-March, so I can use products from this or next season.

I really want the "wow" factor, yet I want to make sure it's appealing to a variety of people.

Ideas are greatly appreciated!!

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

I'd use the woven rectangle tray, add a couple of SA small bowls, load them with some kind of candies (Hershey Kisses or Tootsie Rolls) and between them, put a couple of starter tools, Season's Best, maybe a recipe card set and a Diane coupon good towards an extra host bonus. Wrap the whole thing in celophance and close it with a Twixit.Maybe a SH trivet?

 

[KellyTheChef]

What about "Kids in the Kitchen"? Our cookbook, kids apron/hat, cookie making kit, some bagged cookie mixes, our decorator bottles and some frostings, My Safe Cutter, Ice Cream Sandwich maker and Ice Cream Dipper....all done up in a plastic pail or plastic wagon. Wrap it up in cellophane and a big bow!

 

[speedychef]

The Rectangle Stand with the Entertaining Set and plant a few herbs in it for an amazing Herb Garden! ($96)
OR
The Reversible Bamboo Cheese Board, the Cheese Bistro Set, the Wine Bottle Opener and the Petite Squares with a bottle of local wine ($84)
OR
The Perfect Pizza set with the Large Round Stone and Rack, the Round Woven Selections, the Pizza Cutter, and the Pizza crust and Roll Mix ($84.75)
OR
The TTA full of all sorts of things! Maybe pick things that people don't necessarily already have in their kitchen, like the Citrus Press, the Deluxe Cheese Grater, the Garlic Press for sure!
OR
Sensational Salads with the Measure, Mix, & Pour, the Salad Choppers, the SA Large Bowl and the It's Good For You Cookbook ($89.75)

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

Don't forget ~ wrap 'em all in celophane and close with a Twixit!

 

[thechefofnorthbend]

I'd do the DCB with spices and the fixins (with the recipe for the chicken), The wine bottle opener (along with a nice bottle of wine), two glasses, candles, The large bar pan and a package of gourmet brownie mix and make it a relaxing dinner for two theme (teacher's need some lovin' too)

 

[dianevill]

Thank you to all of you for your help (and Kim, thank you for giving the prices, too!) I presented the ideas to the home and school and we're going to go with the Kids in the Kitchen theme. One of the parents is going to give me a plastic wagon, and yup, KG, I'll wrap it in cellophane and "seal" with a Twixit Clip!

I really appreciate your feedback!